Shooting from the hip
Sunday, 18 December 2022, 07:57
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
The latest news from Italy as I write (Friday morning) is that no less than 60 MEPs and assistants are now being investigated for their actions over what is being mistakenly called...
The grand, Grand Master’s Palace
Friday, 16 December 2022, 15:58
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
On Sunday, December 11th, around 3000 people visited the Grand Master’s Palace in Valletta free of charge and visited halls that had never been accessible to...
In politics to serve people
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 06:20
Last update: about 5 years ago
Evarist Bartolo
When political activists wash their hands of party politics because of corruption, cronyism and tribalism it should be a cause for concern. Some of these activists believe that the best way to serve...
Forgotten traditions
Monday, 12 December 2022, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
One understands the discomfort of those who complain that in the preparations being carried out for feasts and national occasions, the symbols and usages that brought them close to the life of people...
Good riddance to good governance
Sunday, 11 December 2022, 09:58
Last update: about 5 years ago
Kevin Cassar
“I am committed to the highest levels of transparency in decision making, in the interest of good governance,” Minister Aaron Farrugia pompously announced. On 19 January 2020, after...
The war on nature is suicidal
Sunday, 11 December 2022, 08:59
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
If we are to register any significant progress in addressing our quality of life we must once and for all end the war on nature. This has been emphasised by Inger Anderson, the Executive Director of...
Life is cheap in hell on earth
Sunday, 11 December 2022, 07:10
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
We have been having an almighty, confused, almost incomprehensible, debate on abortion, accompanying the debate in the House. People have been having their say. And then some. There have been...
Decisions
Friday, 9 December 2022, 08:31
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
Claire is a young woman and mother who suffers from many health conditions, including pulmonary atresia and pulmonary hypertension, so much so that she had one of her lungs removed in...
Construction
Thursday, 8 December 2022, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
I found it strange while reading the initial media reports about the great tragedy which occurred at Kordin industiral estate that so little was said about the works that were proceeding to build a...
Tourism flourishes
Monday, 5 December 2022, 07:57
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
It’s not been happening just in Malta. Everywhere travel has continued to develop and flourish, despite the anxieties still being triggered by the high inflation and the Ukraine war....